Senior Counsel - Commercial & Data Privacy

Summary

Join Wrike's legal team as a Senior Counsel, leveraging your expertise in technology transactions and data privacy. You will lead complex commercial negotiations, provide legal support to various business units, and contribute to Wrike's privacy compliance program. This role requires extensive experience in B2B SaaS agreements, data protection laws, and strong negotiation skills. You will work cross-functionally, enhancing processes, and providing strategic legal advice. The ideal candidate possesses strong communication, drafting, and collaboration skills, with a commitment to continuous improvement. Wrike offers a comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance, retirement benefits, paid time off, and parental leave.

Requirements

• 6+ years of relevant legal experience with prior in-house experience at a SaaS company preferred
• Strong knowledge of US (CCPA, CPRA, HIPAA), European (GDPR), and international privacy and data protection laws that pertain to Wrike’s business
• Expertise in commercial technology transactions, including B2B SaaS, direct, channel partnerships, and strategic transactions
• Strong understanding of the enterprise SaaS space, experience working with international sales teams, and global commercial negotiation practices
• Ability to understand product development at a technology company in conjunction with data protection regulations, including assisting in the creation of Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs) and similar risk assessments to identify potential privacy and security risks associated with commercial activities
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Strong drafting skills with high attention to detail
• Proactive in driving enhancements of templates, forms, policies, and processes
• Committed to continuous improvement, scalability, and operational excellence

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage complex commercial transactions, including B2B SaaS and other commercial agreements (Master Services, Data Processing, Professional Services, Reseller, NDA) with Wrike’s customers and vendors, direct and channel partnerships and strategic transactions
• Provide legal support for Wrike business partners (Sales, Marketing, Security, HR, Engineering, and Product teams) to further their business objectives.  Possess a keen understanding of global commercial negotiation practices and provide sound business judgment and risk analysis
• Assist in improving Wrike’s privacy compliance program to ensure compliance with US, European, and other international privacy laws
• Oversee process for receiving and responding to data subjects’ requests to exercise their rights under privacy laws
• Enhance templates, playbooks, forms, policies, and processes to simplify and expedite deals and product/service terms
• Provide strategic, creative and practical legal advice and continuously build a trusted relationship with business partners
• Drive constant cross functional improvement, scalability, and operational excellence in contract negotiations, contract management and continued implementation of a privacy program

Preferred Qualifications

• CIPP/E, CIPP/US, or other relevant privacy certifications
• Prior experience with a fast growing, private technology company

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Employer-Paid Vision Insurance
• Life Insurance, Employer- Paid ST and LT Disability
• 401K with employer match, FSA/HSA Benefits, and Legal Plan
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• 11 Paid Holidays, 1 Floating Holiday, 20 Days of PTO
• 16 Hours of Volunteer Paid Time Off
• Parental Leave: 18 weeks for birth mothers, 4 weeks for non-birth parents
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